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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Ubi est forum, ibi ergo est jus

Where the forum (or place of jurisdiction) is, there accordingly is the law.

ergo

[Latin] Therefore; thus.

ergolabus

n. [Latin] Civil law. A person who contracts to perform work by personally furnishing the materials and labor.

intergovernmental immunity

The immunity between the federal and state governments based on their independent sovereignty. See INTERGOVERNMENTAL-IMMUNITY DOCTRINE.

intergovernmental-immunity doctrine

Constitutional law. The principle that both the federal government and the states are independent sovereigns, and that neither sovereign may intrude on the other in certain political spheres. Cf, PREEMPTION.